Reindeer grazing has contrasting effect on species traits in Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. and Bistorta vivipara (L.) Gray

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-37

  Lindwall, Frida ^a   Vowles, Tage ^a   Ekblad, Alf ^b   Björk, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Carbon; Grazing; Nitrogen; Stabile isotopes; Tundra

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON; DEER; FINE ROOT; GRAZING; GRAZING PRESSURE; HEATHLAND; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; STABLE ISOTOPE; TUNDRA;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84884201608     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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